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SUPREME COURT RULES 2000 - REG 503

Affidavits by illiterate or blind persons
(1)  If a deponent appears to the person before whom an affidavit is taken to be illiterate or blind, that person is to certify in the jurat –
(a) that the affidavit was read in the presence of that person to the deponent; and
(b) that the deponent seemed to understand it fully; and
(c) that the deponent made his or her signature or mark in the presence of that person.
(2)  An affidavit of a person who is illiterate or blind is not to be used in evidence in the absence of a certificate in accordance with subrule (1) unless the Court or a judge is otherwise satisfied of the matters referred to in that subrule.



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